Council tax

Around 2.4 million families in England face an average hike in their council tax bills of £138 next week, according to an anti-poverty charity.

Households who try to get their council tax band lowered have been given a boost after the Government said it will push the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to consider appeals no matter when they are made. Currently, many people are wrongly turned away if they appeal more than six months after moving in.

More than 40% of local authorities across England will increase council tax bills, despite Government calls to freeze them, a survey has revealed today.

Households in England will be able to spread their council tax payments over the full tax year, rather than over 10 months as now, from April.

Council tax bands should be adjusted so those in higher-value homes pay proportionally more, a charity said today.

Vulnerable people in England and Wales could get better protection from bailiffs after the Government revealed plans to change the way they are regulated. However, critics say the measures don't go far enough and could even cost debtors more.

The Government has announced plans to continue a council tax freeze in England at today's Conservative party conference.

New government proposals to change council tax benefit could see some claimants facing a 20% cut in what they currently receive.

A London council planned to take three of its residents to court because they paid too much council tax.

It's exactly 20 years since most homes in England and Scotland were valued to place them into council tax bands, yet still, hundreds of thousands are paying too much.